Simple. Complicated. Fabulous. Flawless performances. Beautiful.
Dec 27, 2008
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2 comments:
I am so surprised you liked this! We saw it in theatres and found it a beautiful story with a very liberal worldview.
Oh my goodness....we thought it was lovely. Intimate and transparent and complicated. I really think Richard Jenkins should be nominated for his performance. It was so subtle...so understated. He was brilliant as a depressed, lonely man coming out of his darkness....finding love & joy & passion again ....and sacrificing that love....but still maintaining victory and hope at the end. Sorta like a parable:
My heart is numb and because it is numb I don't notice the danger and allow you in...then it starts to pump again slowly....without my being aware. It sneaks up on me. Then, blood races through my veins for a while. Suddenly, my thriving heart is ripped out of my chest...except for a little tiny piece that survives....that small piece that finds a weak pulse buried deep down...against all the odds....and guarantees life and growth.
And the fella who played the Syrian illegal....oh my goodness....he was so likable! And innocent. And a victim of his circumstances. The actress who played the girlfriend was stunning....and I so understood the walls she had built up around her heart...and her eventual broken heart. And the knockout actress who played the illegal's mother......how loving, and strong, and committed, and raw/ self-sacrificing/truthful/transparent/sorry....filled w/regret about the "secret."
With that said...I do firmly believe that those who come to America should come here legally....going through the proper channels. Can I dare say...if you cannot be here legally....it's most likely not the Lord's will that you be here? What a difficult problem...we face as a nation...given all the individual stories of all the souls who desire to come.
Getting control of the illegal immigration situation would be a step towards improving our nation's education crisis, our health care crisis, our unemployment crisis, our national security crisis....etc.
It's not easy to turn people who want to come away. There are no easy answers. No answers w/out consequences.
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